Clinical Pharmacist I

Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist I
Location: Lake Charles, LA 70601
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift/Schedule: Full-time | Multiple day/evening shifts | 8, 10, or 12-hour shifts | Available shifts: 7:00 AM–3:30 PM, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM, 1:00 PM–9:00 PM, 2:00 PM–10:00 PM, 7:00 AM–5:00 PM, 11:00 AM–9:00 PM, 12:00 PM–10:00 PM, 7:00 AM–7:00 PM, or 8:00 AM–8:00 PM | Rotating weekends | No call | No floating

Job Responsibilities:

• Prepare and dispense medications according to physician orders, policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Interpret and verify verbal and written medication orders and maintain accurate patient medication records.
• Compound and dispense non-sterile and sterile products, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products.
• Issue controlled substances and maintain required records.
• Monitor patient drug therapies for safety, effectiveness, contraindications, interactions, allergies, and appropriate dosing.
• Assist with pharmacokinetic consultations and renal drug dosing.
• Detect and report suspected adverse drug reactions.
• Provide clinical consultation and drug information to healthcare professionals.
• Provide medication education to patients and families.
• Participate in antibiotic stewardship, opioid stewardship, medication-use reviews, quality improvement, and shortage management.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounds when assigned.
• Supervise pharmacy support personnel and verify pharmacy technician activities.
• Maintain the hospital drug formulary and promote appropriate, cost-effective medication therapy.
• Perform clinical interventions including IV-to-PO conversion, renal dosing, pharmacokinetic dosing, and anticoagulation management.
• Maintain current licensure, competency assessments, continuing education records, and departmental documentation.
• Provide pharmacy services efficiently, accurately, and in a timely manner.

Requirements:

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or BS Pharmacy degree.
• Current Louisiana pharmacist license required.
• BLS certification required via American Heart Association.
• Hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
• Ability to provide safe and appropriate medication therapy in a hospital setting.
• Experience with ICU, cardiac cath lab, emergency department, behavioral health, and orthopedic surgery environments is a plus.

Preferences:

• Hospital pharmacy experience.
• ACLS certification via American Heart Association.
• Experience treating patients in a 17-bed ICU.
• Experience with cardiac cath lab, emergency department, inpatient behavioral health, and orthopedic surgery.